the adventures of a girl in london

Category: recipes

I am a third year; I am not a fresher. But, somehow, I’ve still caught the dreaded “freshers’ flu”. Or the “freshers’ quite bad and inconvenient because I have a tonne of work to do cold”. That doesn’t have quite the same ring to it, though… Either way, I’m feeling under the weather (which isn’t… Continue reading Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Pancakes

I always want type ‘porridge‘ instead of ‘oatmeal‘. Porridge was what I was brought up to call this super-oaty breakfast-y goodness, but with the majority of the world referring to it as oatmeal I’ve started going with the latter name. After all, porridge could refer to rice porridge… which has led to me confusing a… Continue reading Mocha Cheesecake Oatmeal

I really wanted to make this yesterday, but it was raining. No matter how much I wanted soup, I wasn’t venturing outside for the sake of buying a single onion, so I stayed inside all snuggled up with a cup of tea watching Supernatural (I’ve only began watching the series, but better late than never,… Continue reading Spicy Pumpkin Soup with Quinoa

Whilst gushing over how autumn is nearly upon us in my last post, I mentioned I made pumpkin oatmeal for dinner. As I had the rest of the can to use up, I decided this morning I would once more treat myself to super-tasty porridge. And why not share the recipe? This is heavily inspired… Continue reading Autumn Pumpkin Oatmeal

At the moment I’m slowly reducing the amount of sugar I’m consuming (and it’s going well so far!), but with that I’ve been craving dessert like mad. Anything loaded with sugar and sweetness. Or anything I can convince myself is loaded with sugar, but it is pretty much sugar-free (well, apart from the natural milk-sugars… Continue reading Cheaters’ Chocolate Pudding